Manifolding sales-book.



W. GBEIG. MANIFOLDIING SALES BOOK.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 29, 1911.

-Paented Dec. 24; 1912.

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WALTER GREIG F N FAIJLS, NEW YORK, assmaos To ammy- E IBOQKOOMPANY, LIMITED, or TORONTO, CANADA, A oo'nrona'rrong or'oNTARIo;

CANADA.

MAN IFOLDING SALES-BOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application: filed November 29; 1911.

Serial No. 662,983.

- To all whomit may eoncem:

Be it known that I," \VALTER Game, a citi- Zen of the United States residing at Niagara Falls, inthe county of Niagara and State of I -New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manifolding Sales Books,'of which the following is a full, clear,

and exact description, such "as will enable ments and arrangement of parts which will others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

' This inventionrelates' to salesbooks, and

"with regard to certain more specific features,

to salesbooks of the manifolding type.

One of theobjects of the present invention is to provide an improved salesbook adapted to permit the simultaneous reproduction of any desired number of copies of any-transaction.

Another object is to provide a sales book which Will-be simple and compact in construction and cheap to manufacture.

Another object is to provide aprac'tical copies of the days transactions.

' Otherobjects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter. I The invention accordingly cons sts-1ntl'1e features of construction, combinations of elebe exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims. I a In the accompanying drawing, where n is shown one of various posslble' embodi- -ments of this invention,-Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a partially-used book in position ready for operation; and Fig. ,2

' is a central longitudinal sectionalview of the book shown in Fig. 1, in closed position.

Similar reference characters refer tosimilar parts throughout the 'difieren-t views of the drawing. I

Referring now to the accompanying drawing in detail, there is shown at- 1 a back or support of cardboard orother suitable stiff 'material, having bound along" one enda pad 2 composed,inthe present instance, ofa pl11 free edges of the impressions wo rality of original and duplicate leaves, each leaf being carbonizedor provided with manifolding material upon its rear surface Patented me. 24', 1912,

whereby any transaction recorded on.. the I upper. leaf will be duplicated on as many.

leaves as are-immediately therebeneath. The

leaves of this pad are bound together by means of staples 3, and to the back 1 Bound with these leaves, by means of the same staples, is a cover 4: which extends in one direction upwardly overthe, bound edges of the leaves of the pad 2, to make -a'more'pra'c- 'tical and durable construction, and in the other direct-ion under the backl,

upwardly and over the opposite end to form and, thence.

a top-cover 5 for the'book, as shown more clearly in Fig. 2.

The back 1 extends slightly beyond the leaves of the pad 2,'to provide a binding edge for a second or triplicate pad 6. This pad is bound to the back 1;

by means of staples Z, and has positioned be-,

neath the bottom leaf a sheet of Manila paper'8, adapted to act as a stop plate to prevent impressions made while a transaction from being duplicated {\upon the carbonized leaves of the pad :2 immeslis ately therebeneath. This is especially esirable when on y one or two sheets of the.

or being of thin material, 11d readily carry therethrough The st p plate 8 also prevents. the leaves of the pad 6 from becoming worn and wrinkled in use, and thus adds to the du'ra bility'of the bo ok.

The leaves ofthe duplicate pad are erably provided with a thumb mitting leaves of the pad 2. The leaves of both pads are preferably perforated along the lines 10 pad 6 are left,

P f 7 cut 9 for per-' to permit of ready detachment, and. may be ruled in any desired manner,,not herein shown, according to the use for which they are intended.

lVhile the book herein shown is particu l'arly adapted for triplicate use, that is', the

leaves of the pad 2 being double the number of the leaves of the triplicate pad 6, it will, of course, be understood that by varying this proportion, continuous transactions in. duplicate or quadruplicate may be made; It occasionally of one transaction are all that is required,

while the next transaction may demand fou'r 1 Such contingenci s may be readily-1 copies.

happens that duplicate copies recording? ready access to the free edges of the .book of this character. is substantially as follows: The book may be used in the form shown in Fig. l or placed in the customary leather cover, if desired. Two of the carbonized leaves of the pad 2 are grasped by the operator through the thumb cut.- 9 and drawn out and placed over the triplicate pad 6, resting thereover in the positiomshown. The transaction is recorded upon the top leaf, which duplicates the record upon the second 'carbonizedleaf, which in turn produces the triplicate copy upon the top leaf of the pad 6. After completing the recording of the transaction, the two carbonized leaves are turned back and the triplicate leaf is folded underto lie in filed position be tween the back 1 and'the cover 4, as shown by leaf 11 in Fig. 2. The next two carbonized leaves are then drawn out and placed wover the triplicate pad, so as to be ready for immediate operation, after which the first .two carbonized leaves are detached from ors to avoid confusion; that is, all of the original leaves be of one color, the dupli' cates of another, While the filed triplicate leaves be of a third color.

It is thus seen that this invention provides a simple and practical salesbook adaptedto accomplish. among others, all of the objects and advantages above set forth.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shownin the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a manifolding salesbook, in combination, a plurality of superimposed pads, each of the leaves of one pad being carbonized and laid over the leaves of another pad, and means beneath the leaves of said last-mentioned pad adapted to prevent duplicating of the transact-ion upon the leaves of the lower pad.

2. In a manifolding salesbook, in combination, aplurality of superimposed pads,

. each of the leaves of one pad being carbonized and the top leaves thereof being normally laid over the leaves of another pad, when in operative position and a stop plate between the lower leaves of the u per pag and the underlying leaves of the lower pa 1 3. In a manifolding salesbook, in combination, a back, and a pad secured to each end of said back, the leaves ofone of said pads being carbonized, the upper leaves ofsaid pad normally lying over the upperleaves of the other when in normal operative position, the leaves of the second pad being provided with a thumb cut to permit of ready access to the leaves of the first pad.

4. In a manifolding salesbook, in combination, a back, a pad comprising a plurality of leaves, each leaf being carbonized upon its rear surface adapted to be bound together and to one end of saidback, said back projecting beyond the opposite end'of said pad, a second pad secured to said opposite end adapted to lie beneath the top leaves of said first-mentioned pad, and a stop plate between the leaves of said secondmentioned pad and the leaves of said firstmentioned pad lying therebeneath.

5. In a manifolding salesbook, in combination, a back, a pad comprising a plurality of leaves, each leaf being carbonized upon its rear surface adapted to be bound together and to one end of said back, said back projecting beyond the opposite end of said pad, a second pad secured to said opposite end adapted to lie beneath the top leaves of said first-mentioned pad, and a cover bound with theleaves of said firstmentioned pad and extending therebeneath and thence upwardly and over said secondmentioned pad to form a top cover for the book.

6. In a manifolding salesbook, in combination, a back, a pad comprising a plurality of leaves, each leaf being carbonized upon its rear surface adapted to be bound together and to one end of said back, said back projecting beyond the opposite end of said pad, a second pad secured to said opposite end adapted to lie beneath the top leaves of 'saidfirst-mentioned pad, and a cover bound with the leaves of" said first-mentioned pad and extending therebeneath and thence upwardly and over said second-mentioned pad to form a top cover for the book, the leaves of the upper pad being provided with a thumb cut to permit of ready access to th back adapted to lie beneath the top leaves of said first-mentioned pad, means for. preventing duplication on the lower leaves of said first-mentloned pad. said pads being positioned and arranged to permit the filing of the leaves of said triplicate pad beneath said first-mentioned pad.

8. In a inanifolding salesbook, in combination, a back, a pad of original and duplicate leaves carbonized on their rear surface and bound together at one end'to one end of said back, the opposite end of said back extending beyond the free ends of the leaves of said pada second pad of triplicate leaves bound to the extended edge of said back adapted to lie beneath the top leaves of-said first-mentioned pad; means for preventing 15 In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, 20

in the presence of two Witnesses.

\VALTER GREIG.

Witnesses:

'11, A. PRINGLE, P. V. KELLER. 

